United States v. Introcaso

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

We decide principally whether a 19th-Century shotgun hanging on a defendant’s living room wall qualifies as an “antique firearm” not subject to the general registration requirement of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. §§ 5801-72. A jury convicted Alexander M. Introcaso in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on two counts of violating the Firearms Act by possessing an unregistered firearm (the shotgun) and unregistered destructive devices (hand grenades). In addition to Introcaso’s contention that the shotgun was…